Kaza
The Spiti sub divisional headquarters at 3,800 metres.
- Where
- Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Grade
- Hard to reach
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 15 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 32.2244, 78.0723
Get the Kaza stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Kaza. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Himachal Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Kaza
Key Monastery 10.0 km
A thousand year old Buddhist monastery stacked on a hill in Spiti at four thousand metres, rebuilt after fires, raids and an earthquake.
Tabo Monastery 16 km
A thousand years of murals in mud walls.
Dhankar Monastery 20 km
Built on a spur of crumbling rock above the Spiti.
Pin Valley National Park 34 km
Snow leopard country, and the Buchen lamas.
Manirang 41 km
A peak on the Spiti-Kinnaur divide, with a pass of the same name beneath it.
Kunzum Pass 45 km
The gate between Lahaul and Spiti.
Mount Gya 46 km
The highest peak in Himachal, on the Ladakh border, and unclimbed by agreement with the local people.
Pin Parvati Pass 48 km
The crossing from green Parvati into bare Spiti, over a glacier, five thousand three hundred metres.
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Questions
Where is Kaza?
Kaza is in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Key Monastery (10.0 km), Tabo Monastery (16 km), Dhankar Monastery (20 km).
How do I get the Kaza stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Kaza and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Himachal Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Kaza before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Himachal Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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